Uhohhh---

  I might've mentioned this before, but my AP Physics C exam is from noon to 5pm on Monday, which interfers with my mentor meeting. I've contacted Ms. Lord and changed the time to Thursday.

New Goals for this Week :)

   I didn't really do much last week, so this week, I'll try to work on WISE and piano a lot more. Here are my goals. I'm only going to set a couple because I've realized it's a lot more important to be concentrated and focused rather than to have lots of expectations.

1. Make solid plans and work on final project.
2. Fill in the past holes in my WISE blog.
3. Practice everyday (I really didn't do this last week, so...)
4. Update and compile my (annotated) bibliography.
5. Upload another video.

Soo... that was a fail...

   It is now Saturday, and I've had AP exams that crowded up so much of my time that I didn't even get to make a plan to try to incorporate piano into my schedule. I am sad to say that I have not worked on much or any WISE this week, except on Thursday, when I didn't have an AP exam (I have 6 exams this year, technically you're only allowed to take 5 in total, but Physics C has 2 parts, so it  counts as 2 exams). On Monday, I have my Physics C AP, so I won't be able to make it to my mentor meeting, and I'm hoping to fit some time in for practice tomorrow. This really sucks, the fact that I haven't done any WISE work. I had really hoped to manage my time and make ends meet, but I ran out of time even just to do that. I wish I had realized this earlier, and maybe planned my schedule for AP week ahead of time, WAYY ahead of time. I'm honestly pretty disappointed in myself for being so uncommitted. What a fail... it's the end of the year and I don't have long before I have to present a final project. I really need to get my act together.

In Class - Sign ups for presentations

   I had originally signed up for June 14th at 1:00 in the afternoon, but turns out Mary wants to switch times with me because she wants her mom to come see her presentation, and her mom can only make an afternoon time. However, after I talked to Ms. Lord about it, I found out that my government final is in the morning of the 14th so I don't think I'll be able to switch with Mary.

Plans for AP Week

   So I have a lot of updating to do. A bunch of my entries previously are just stemmed and seem to have nothing written for them. Honestly I just haven't had the time to take out my journal of written notes to put it online. I'll start the backings or the stems of my work for the future but I never seem t want to get to it and have it done... it's like I have all the tools but I just don't want to start it officially yet. I'll start something and right in the middle of it, I'll stop. Anyways, so I need to make plans for

Monday's Mentor Meeting

  In this mentor meeting, I revealed the fact that I think I am going to be really stressed during AP week and that I might possibly fall behind a lot in my WISE work. Of course, it's best if I make plan for this week but I hope I get a chance to actually do so, because I have so many exams this week that I honestly think I'm not prepared for at all that I'll end up cramming entire nights before the exam. Ms. Lord really thinks I should make a plan too. She was actually the one who suggested this because she sorta realized that I'm kind of the person who'd drop everything when something big, like, AP exams, are here. And I guess I've never admitted that about myself, but now I can't deny it.

Sunday's Reflection && new goals

For: last Sunday
Last week's goals said:

1. Ask Julianna to critique.
2. Look through all past journal posts and REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID YOU'D UPDATE (speaking to me)
3. Try to journal as soon as things happen, if possible (ie. right after a mentor meeting or right after practice)
4. Use this week as a last week for Canon in D, practicing and "perfecting" (? possibly ?)
5.  Brainstorm a bit more about end project ideas.
6. Research on history of the piano.
7. Contact Yuangting Li, a Chinese girl at IHS who gives piano lessons, for some help in trying to work on Fireflies?

   Yepp, I finally did it. On Saturday, I asked Julianna to sit down with me for a bit while I played. It was definitely awkward because for me, it was weird having someone younger act as a teacher, and for her, it was weird being the "older sibling" or the "more experienced" one. My sister commented on my fluidity and also told me that I was speeding up a lot in certain areas where I shouldn't have been. At first I had a lot of trouble pulling words from her, but soon it worked out okay. According to Julianna, I had to look at my fingers a lot more than the music, which could be an issue as I'm not supposed to focus on my fingers, but the notes on the sheet. She also told me that my fingering was also wrong in the last section, but that wasn't too big of a deal. This was actually a funny story because my little sister could not make herself 'critique' me until I offered her a bribe (Reese's cups, yumm). 
   In terms of my other goals, I am slightly lacking, as can been seen in the recent couple of days, so I will be extending this goal period for a while to fulfill these goals, (especially 2,3,5,6). I did get to contact Yuanting and will post a short interview at some point in time!